Recently, Sun Yat-sen University issued a document requesting the School of Management to move to the East Campus, and the assets of the school and the donated teaching building were “confiscated”, which triggered an outcry from the public. The alumni and faculty of Sun Yat-sen University expressed concern that the campus was full of oppression and that such a blow would destroy the entire discipline.
The General Affairs Department of Sun Yat-sen University issued a letter directly to the faculty and students on March 31, 2021, without publicly soliciting their opinions, stating that according to the university’s work arrangements, the management school was adjusted to the East Campus to run the whole establishment, and the Humanities and Social Sciences Building was arranged as the college’s room, and the management school had to withdraw from all the rooms on the South Campus.
The relevant information shows that the South Campus of Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou Campus is located in the Haizhu District, on the banks of the Pearl River, formerly known as the South Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, the former Lingnan University campus, the location is better; while the East Campus is located in the northeast end of Guangzhou University City, formerly known as Sun Yat-sen University East Campus, the location is more remote.
In this move, the university relocated the School of Management to the East Campus, and the College had assets such as Shanheng Hall and Shansi Hall, and other buildings used by the College were recovered. After the contents of the document were leaked, the students and teachers of the School of Management were outraged.
The university met on the evening of April 2 to “consult with the teachers”, and the professors were impassioned and tearful, but “ten internationally renowned scholars argued their case. However, “the arguments of ten internationally renowned scholars” could not prevent the relocation.
The School of Management of Sun Yat-sen University was forcibly relocated. (Internet photo)
Fear of lawsuits by alumni due to the ferment of public opinion. The university leaders changed their mind and let the current masters (MBA, etc.) stay at the south campus until they graduate.
A student studying at Sun Yat-sen University, Amei (a pseudonym), told reporters that the South Campus is the old campus, in the city center. The school side wants to use the south campus as a public school campus and move the south campus out of the college.
According to the report, the management college has a long history, rich alumni resources and high research level. The students believe that the school ignores the opinions of teachers and students, mainly including: business is located in the city center is the general custom, convenient to travel to the business district for research and internship; management school building for the college alumni donations, belong to the college, the school should have no right to force possession.
An open letter to the relevant leaders of Sun Yat-sen University, the School of Management buildings are directed donations, directed funding construction, such as “Shanheng Hall” was built in 1989, led by the Ho Education Foundation, patriotic people and institutions at home and abroad donations to raise funds for construction. It was named “Shanheng Hall” in appreciation of Mr. He Shanheng.
In 2000, the School of Management built the MBA building with the whole school’s efforts, which was also financed by the income generated by the teachers, but not by the school.
“To build one of the best business administration A+ disciplines in the country, several generations of the School of Management have put in 36 years of hard work and efforts, but to destroy this discipline, a hasty decision of the school to move is enough!” In the letter, the faculty of the School of Management hopes that the school will refer to and investigate the practices of management schools of other “double first-class” universities and not make the decision to relocate the school lightly without sufficient evidence.
The latest news is that the relocation has started since April 11. The office of the School of Management in the South Campus was withdrawn, and it is estimated that the two buildings of the School of Management will soon be emptied and prepared for renovation into a public teaching building.
The reporter called the president’s office of Sun Yat-sen University to ask about the relocation, the staff confirmed that the notice of relocation was issued by the General Affairs Department, saying that due to different business functions, they do not understand the work involved. It is recommended to call directly to ask the School of Management.
Reporters repeatedly called the Ministry of General Affairs, the other party said they were not clear about the specific process, can not give advice, let reporters ask the school publicity department. But no one answered the party propaganda department.
CUHK is said to be the epitome of society
A former doctoral student Zhang Tian (a pseudonym), who was withdrawn from the university because he refused to pay bribes to his supervisor, told reporters that CUHK is a complete microcosm of society, and a president is the image of grassroots cadres, bureaucrats, incompetent and violent tendencies. Consistently ignore the interests of students, as soon as something happens, contact violent organs to suppress students.
At the moment, “Zhongshan University forced the relocation of the School of Management” has been removed from the Zhihu Hotlist and the Weibo hashtag has been locked. On Weibo, the topic has attracted 3.776 million views and 1,221 discussions.
Students have denounced the school’s “tyranny” and its lack of humanism. “Nowadays, the A+ School of Management and the former Paradise University are both meat on the chopping block, and can be merged and liquidated whenever they want.” “Reform may bring not bouts of pain, but bouts of death.”
“You can’t be bullied at will just because you are powerful. Today they dare to take away the building, tomorrow they dare to withdraw the hospital, and the day after that they dare to dissolve the business department. What is the difference between this and robbers?” “It’s like the old feudal society where merchant families worked hard for a number of years, only to have their homes copied by a royal decree.”
Students call for address relocation. (Web screenshot)
Other students questioned, “With the forced removal of some of the more long-established colleges, are there only buildings and college students left, and no masters?” “Disagree with the policy proposed by the university at that time, the result is to leave.” For example, Professor Huang Guowen, the only Cheung Kong scholar in foreign language discipline in CUHK, Professor Ma Guoqing, the leader of ethnology in the Institute of Social Humanities, and Professor Xu Xinzhong, the dean of Ling Institute, left.
Net rumors that a Cheung Kong special appointment in the School of Management + Jieqing may intend to leave, the former dean is ready to jump ship to SUSTech, can not yet confirm whether it is related to the relocation of the School of Management.
The president was accused of being too big to create similar redundant colleges
Previously, the College of Chemistry, School of Biological Sciences, School of Materials is has been relocated in August 2020. “The reason why it was possible to move into last year is also related to science and technology, these colleges moved to the suburbs is still considered to have a certain degree of rationality. Of course students also have complaints. The business practice is to be in the city, convenient for research and internship, and the management school building is its own.” Amei said.
Rumor has it that the south campus will be gradually emptied in the future (except for the School of Physics). The School of Management and Lingnan College will be merged and relocated to the university city to make room for all the 8,000-plus freshman undergraduates who will come from the expansion to be placed on the south campus.
Amei believes that the apparent reason is to let the first-year students experience the historical accumulation of the South Campus, but in fact it may be related to the university’s policy of training in large categories. President Luo Jun is good at creating similar redundant colleges.
For example, Zhongshan Medical College, whose main campus is located in Guangzhou, and Medical College, whose main campus is located in Shenzhen, School of Management and Lingnan College, whose main campus is located in Guangzhou, and School of International Finance, whose main campus is located in Zhuhai.
As too many similar colleges were opened, the new colleges’ entrance examination scores were inevitably lowered. In order to prevent lower scores, began to enroll by major categories, and then the sophomore year to divert students to various colleges.
She revealed that students and faculty of the School of Management protested the move, and students from other colleges were generally unsupportive. East students also feel that the East Campus has become crowded and has been full for the past few years.
Some East students describe the current situation as “unbearable”, including a dormitory for six people, a library with a line of one or two hundred meters before exams, a cafeteria with a half-hour wait, and sports facilities with a headache. The appeal is to “leave the East Campus alone”.
The wind of freedom in high schools is no longer
In recent years, many things have happened at Sun Yat-sen University that have made students and teachers angry. In the east campus to build a wall, set up a gate; adjust the faculty, arbitrarily merge or split the college, regardless of the views of the college; abolition of undergraduate enrollment majors, some think there is no future in academic majors to remove, such as the domestic forefront of social work, ethnology.
“Popular majors to expand or set up redundant colleges, cold majors to cut. The equivalent of academics is in the service of improving school rankings.” Amei said.
In 2017, Sun Yat-sen University introduced the principle of “ten no-no’s” in classroom teaching, which are posted on the wall of every classroom, prohibiting “non-discussion of the Constitution” and “non-discussion of the leadership of the Communist Party of China”. In 2017, Sun Yat-sen University introduced the principle of “ten no’s” in classroom teaching, and the “ten no’s” are posted on the wall of every classroom, prohibiting “disagreeing with the Constitution”, “disagreeing with the leadership of the Communist Party of China” and “spreading religious superstition”.
Amei said that the overall transformation of universities under the Communist Party in recent years has become authoritarian and desperate for success, not just one particular university.
For example, Fudan University in Shanghai, which has a relatively tolerant school culture, revised its constitution in 2019 to remove or modify references to “academic independence and freedom of thought,” prompting students to gather in the cafeteria to sing the school song in protest.
“The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you’re doing. The culture of universities was relatively free then, and now the CCP is extending its totalitarian power all over the place.” She said.
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